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The Security Token Service must generate log records during Java startup and shutdown.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-239657 VCST-67-000006 SV-239657r816696_rule Medium
Description
Logging must be started as soon as possible when a service starts and as late as possible when a service is stopped. Many forms of suspicious actions can be detected by analyzing logs for unexpected service starts and stops. Also, by starting to log immediately after a service starts, it becomes more difficult for suspicious activity to go unlogged.
STIG Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 STS Tomcat Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-01-03

Details

Check Text ( C-42890r816694_chk )
Connect to the PSC, whether external or embedded.

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# grep "1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler" /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/logging.properties

Expected result:

handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
.handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = catalina.
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.bufferSize = -1

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-42849r816695_fix)
Connect to the PSC, whether external or embedded.

Navigate to and open /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/logging.properties.

Ensure that the "handlers" and ".handlers" lines are configured as follows:

handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

.handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler

Ensure that the following lines are present:

1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = catalina.
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.bufferSize = -1